Thursday, February 21, 2008

You can deal with this or you can deal with that.

I sound like a broken record I know. Several things are coming to a head making me frantic, busy, confused, scattered, edgy, moody, and otherwise curt.

I flamed out around the middle of the pack in both the Bodonk and MOOK I knew my streak couldn't continue.

I caught myself playing a little weak/tight and missing several opportunities. For example I got AK twice and AA twice in the Bodonk and won only 1 of those hands. Playing tight requires maximizing results with big hands and I either pansy'd out or got beat.

A good example might be my turnaround in the DOOK, after being a little loose in the early stages, I chipped up then locked it down until we hit the final table. I was barely paying attention to it actually, going between TV, IM, and other tables. Sometimes distraction can be good....sometimes its a killer....strange.

Here's an interesting hand that happened 5 handed at the dook. PirateLawyer thinks this is a horrible play, please elaborate for me if you agree.

I made a crying call on the river but your PF call was way behind my range. On the flop I call because I have a draw to the nuts and an overcard, both of which were genuine outs to any one-pair hand. With the big stack on the button I was not looking to spew but rather just to take down the blinds, so I maintain you caught a fortuitous flop for a dominated hand.

Given that you had the second-largest stack at the table and I was the only player who could bust you, I still believe this is a situation you need to avoid in the late stages of a tournament. Even a risky re-raise is better than a flat call to defend your BB here because you have some fold equity even though you figure to have the worst hand.

Sorry, I meant to say I made a reluctant turn call hoping to draw out with 4 outs to the nuts and 3 other expected overcard outs (3 kings). It was a -EV call to be sure. I could have jammed the flop but there's no way you're folding ... relistically I either have to dump on the flop or just get it all in and gamble.